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MICHAL SHARON CURRICULUM VITAE June 20 20 A MICHAL SHARON CURRICULUM VITAE June 20 20 A . PERS ONA L DETAILS Date of Birth: March 25th 1972 Country of Birth: Israel Citizenship: Israeli, German Marital Status: Married, +3 (Ori 1998, Naama 2001, Ronni 2007) Phone: +972-8-9343947 Fax: +972-8-9346010 E-mail: [email protected] Webpage: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/Biomolecular_Sciences/MichalSharon/home ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3933-0595 B. EDUCATION 2003-2006 Post-doctoral research under Prof. Carol V. Robinson, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Field of study: Mass spectrometry of large non-covalent complexes. 1996-2003 M.Sc./Ph.D. combined program (direct PhD) under Prof. Jacob Anglister, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Field of study: Three-dimensional structure determination of protein complexes using multidimensional NMR 1993-1996 B.Sc. Chemistry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, Cum laude. C. EMPLOYMENT 2015-present Associate Professor, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. 2007-2015 Senior Scientist (equivalent to Assistant Professor), Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. 2006-2007 Royal Society Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. D. ACADEMIC ADMINISTRAT ION 2020 WIS Representative, Steering Committee of Israeli Universities for COVID-19 Policy 2020 Members of the COVID-19 Mass Spectrometry Coalition 2020 Head of Committee, Journal of Mass Spectrometry Award 2019-present Elected to the National Forum of Promoting Women Scientists 2019 Member of Review Committee, Israel Science Foundation (ISF) 2019 Member of the Committee, Young Weizmann Scholars Program for the Arab Sector 2018 Member of Judgment Committee, Falling Walls Conference 2017-2020 Vice President of ILANIT, federation of 32 Israeli Societies of Experimental Biology 2017-2020 Head of Division of Research Services, Weizmann Institute 2017 Member of the Committee, Appointment of Senior Scientists, Life Sciences Faculties 2016-2017 Board Member, Schwartz/Reisman Science Education Center, Rishon LeZion 1 2016-present Head of the Proteomics Unit Advisory Committee, Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine (INCPM) 2016-present Member of the Davidson Institute Steering Committee, Northern Israel Educational Activities 2015-present Education Officer, International Mass Spectrometry Foundation (IMSF) 2014-2018 Management Board, COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)-Action BM1403 “Native Mass Spectrometry and Related Methods for Structural Biology” 2014-2018 Vice-President, Israeli Biochemistry Society 2013-2016 President, Israeli Mass Spectrometry Society 2013-2017 Board Member, Hemda Center for Science Education, Rehovot 2013-2014 Member, Katzir Travel Fellowship Committee 2013-2014 Board Member, Israeli Biochemistry Society 2013-2016 Member, Proteomics Unit Advisory Committee, Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine (INCPM) 2013 Organizer, Biological Chemistry Departmental Retreat 2012-2013 Vice-President, Israeli Mass Spectrometry Society 2011‐2013 Organizer, Biological Chemistry Departmental Seminars 2011-2012 Senior Scientists Representative, Scientific Council of the Weizmann Institute 2009 Member, Steering Committee on the Involvement in Instruct: EU Hub for Structural Biology 2009 Member, Kadima Mada - Weizmann Institute Excellence Award Committee E. OTHER APPOINTEMEN TS TEACHING ACTIVITIES 2020 Structural Mass Spectrometry Workshop, Bordeaux, France 2020 Quantitative Proteomics: Strategies and Tools to Probe Biology, Heidelberg, Germany 2019 International Mass Spectrometry School, Barcelona, Spain 2019 Advancing Mass Spectrometry Workshop, Amherst, USA 2019 ASMS Tutorial Lecture on “Native Mass Spectrometry”, Atlanta, USA 2019 Native MS Guided Structural Biology Workshop, MA, USA 2017 Lecturer and Organizer, International Structural Mass Spectrometry Workshop, Rehovot, Israel 2016 Lecturer, Practical Course on “Top Down and Structural Mass Spectrometry”, Lisbon, Portugal 2015 Lecturer, 9th European Summer School of "Advanced Proteomics", Brixen, Italy 2014-present Lecturer, Course on “Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Biomolecules”, Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science (taught together with other teachers) 2013 7th European Summer School of "Advanced Proteomics", Brixen, Italy 2012 Graduate School Spring Meeting, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany 2011 EMBO Practical Course on “Protein-Protein and Protein-Nucleic Acid Cross-Linking and Mass Spectrometry”, Göttingen, Germany 2011 Lecturer, Course on “Biochemistry of Enzymes and Proteins”, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (taught together with other teachers) 2010 Lecturer and Coordinator Course on “Advanced Protein Science”, Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science (alongside Profs. Dan Tawfik and Gideon Schreiber) 2009, 2010 Lecturer, Course on “Theoretical Basis of Common Lab Techniques Course”, Weizmann Institute of Science (taught together with other teachers) 2 EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES 2017-present Initiator and organizer of the “Private Investigator” column in YNET (Israeli news website) 2016 EuroScience Open Forum, “Mass Spectrometry for the Masses”, Manchester, UK 2015-present Initiator and Lecturer of a Workshop Focusing on “Combining Motherhood and a Scientific Career”, Weizmann Institute, (alongside Profs. Nirit Dudovich and Maya Schuldiner) 2014 Lecturing for PhD Students on “How to Write a Good CV” 2009 Lecturing at the Taasiya Avirit Evening Program Organized by the Davidson Institute for Science Education, Rehovot, Israel 2009 Giving the “Amos de-Shalit Lecture”, Weizmann, Institute, Rehovot, Israel 2009 Lecturing at ‘The Raya Cowan International Summer School’ program of the Feinberg Graduate School 2008, 2009 Lecturing at various evening programs organized by the Davidson Institute for Science Education, Rehovot, Israel 2008, 2009 Lecturing at the “Amos de-Shalit Ulpana” for both Chemistry and Biology, Weizmann, Institute, Rehovot, Israel F. INTERNATIONAL REC OGNITION PRIZES AND AWARDS 2019 Elected to the “Leading in Academia” program for outstanding scientists 2018 Mass Spectrometry in the Life Sciences Award, European Mass Spectrometry Conference 2017 Elected to the Young Israeli National Academy of Science 2014 ERC Starting Grant from the EU (LS1) 2009 ERC Starting Grant from the EU (PE4) 2008 Research Career Development award, ICRF 2007 Elected as Life Member Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge, UK 2006 Dorothy Hodgkin Royal Society fellowship 2006 Research fellow at Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge, UK 2004 Wingate Scholarship 2004 EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship 2004 Israel Chemical Society Prize for Excellence in PhD Studies 2003 Bikura Post-Doctoral Fellowship Founded by the Israeli Academy of Science and Humanities. 2001 Salim and Rachel’s Fund of Excellence Education 1996 Magna cum laude in Chemistry, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem 1995 Dean Prize, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem 1995 Elving Prize for High Achievements in Analytical Chemistry, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEES 2021 Initiator and Organizer, 1st Meeting on 20S Proteasome Degradation, Rehovot, Israel 2020 Session Organizer, 9th ILANIT Meeting, Eilat, Israel 2018 Initiator and Organizer, Proteasome Hub: Fine-Tuning of Proteolytic Machines, Munich, Germany 2017 Initiator and Organizer, International Structural Mass Spectrometry Workshop, Rehovot, Israel 2017 Organizer, FEBS Meeting, Jerusalem, Israel 3 2017 Session Organizer, 8th ILANIT meeting, Eilat, Israel 2017 Organizer, 29th Meeting of the Israel Society for Mass Spectrometry Joint with the American Mass Spectrometry Society, Rehovot, Israel 2017 Co-Initiator and Organizer, Ubiquitin-Proteasome System Israeli Club 2016 Organizer, 10th Parnas Conference, Wrocław, Poland 2016 Organizer, 28th Meeting of the Israel Society for Mass Spectrometry Joint with the British Mass Spectrometry Society, Rehovot, Israel 2015 Session Organizer, 63rd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry & Allied Topics, St. Louis, USA 2014 Chair of the Organizing Committee, Israel Biochemistry Society Annual Meeting, Rehovot, Israel 2014 Organizer, 27th Meeting of the Israel Society for Mass Spectrometry Joint with the Swiss Mass Spectrometry Society, Rehovot, Israel 2014 Session Organizer, 20th International Mass Spectrometry Society Conference, Geneva, Switzerland 2014 Session Organizer, 7th ILANIT meeting, Eilat, Israel 2013 Organizer, 26th Meeting of the Israel Society for Mass Spectrometry Joint with the German Mass Spectrometry Society, Israel 2010 Organizer, 1st Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Sea Region Countries Mass Spectrometry, Rehovot, Israel 2010 Organizer, Zomes 6, Expanding the PCI Family Beyond Proteasome, CSN and eiF3, Safed, Israel 2008 Organizer, 7th Congress of the Israel Association for Medicinal Chemistry, Rehovot, Israel REVIEW AND EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS 2019-2021 Features Panel Advisory Board, Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2012-2016 Member of the Editorial Board of Current Opinion in Structural Biology 2011 Editor, alongside Prof. Carol V. Robinson, "Biophysical Methods” Issue of Current Opinion in Structural Biology TALKS AT INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS 2021 EMBO Workshop on Protein Quality Control, Dubrovnik, Croatia 2021 GRC on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Les Diablerets, Switzerland (postponed) 2021 2nd Fusion Conference
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